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History of Nordlingen


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The remains of a Roman castellum, built in the year 85 and probably called Septemiacum, have been found under the city. In 1998, N�rdlingen celebrated its 1100-year-old history.

Until the Thirty Years' War and the Battle of N�rdlingen (1634), N�rdlingen was one of Germany's major trading towns. N�rdlingen trade fair (Pfingstmesse) was first mentioned in 1219. A second battle was also fought there during the Thirty Years' War.

N�rdlingen was one of the first Protestant cities and took part in the Protestation at Speyer in 1529.

In 1604 a shortened and simplified version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was performed in N�rdlingen - this was one of the first performances of any Shakespearean play outside England.

In 1215 Emperor Frederick II declared Nordlingen a Free Imperial City,and it remained so until 1802 when it changed to become part of present-day Bavaria
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